cross-dress

See also: crossdress

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Etymology

From cross- + dress.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs/, /ˈkɹɒsˈdɹɛs/

Verb

cross-dress (third-person singular simple present cross-dresses, present participle cross-dressing, simple past and past participle cross-dressed)

  1. To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.
  2. (immunology) To display (on the surface of a dendritic cell) antigens produced by a different cell.
    • 2006 November 1, Brian P. Dolan et al., “Dendritic Cells Cross-Dressed with Peptide MHC Class I Complexes Prime CD8+ T Cells”, in Journal of Immunology, volume 177, number 9, →DOI, pages 6018–6024:
      Such DC are cross-dressed because they are wearing peptide-MHC complexes generated by other cells.

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